what were the major contribution of sher shah suri in constructing road in medieval india?
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Sher Shah Suri founded the Sur Empire in North India. Delhi was its capital. He was a great administrator. He built an excellent network of roads to promote trade and commerce, to make travelling easier and help the officials and troops to move quickly throughout the empire. He built four major roads. The Grand Trunk Road was the longest and most important amongst them. It was known as the Shahi or Royal road. It extended from Sonargaon in the east to Peshawar in the north-west.
Trees were planted on the sides of the road. Rest houses or sarais were built and wells were dug at regular intervals. The sarais were used by travellers and merchants. They were also used as dak chaukis. Two horsemen were stationed at each post house. They carried the royal mail to different parts of the empire.